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Re: [Xen-devel] silly diff question
| To: | Andrew Thompson <andrewkt@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] silly diff question |
| From: | aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 30 May 2005 01:04:35 -0500 |
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On 5/30/05, Andrew Thompson <andrewkt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like to submit a few updates to some documentation. I've never done > this before, so I'm not sure how to call diff to get an acceptable patch. > > Do the name names of my pristine and tweaked folders make any difference? > > I have looked at a few PATCH emails and think that this is the command I > should use: diff -Nru oldfolder newfolder i usually use diff like this: diff -Nurp <origine> <modified> it is better to run this command from outside of the top directory of xen, for example: diff -Nurp xen-2.0.6.org xen-2.0.6.modified > mypatch the you will want to submit the "mypatch" file just generated to the list. see also -X and -x option of diff. these option will be helpful to you. good luck, aq _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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